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> Democratic governments represent the will How are people still this naive and indoctrinated. Me, earlier: > You vote what you're told to vote by the media t
by guerrilla 4y ago
> Democratic governments represent the will
How are people still this naive and indoctrinated. Me, earlier:
> You vote what you're told to vote by the media that the state and capital dominate entirely (Think about it: how would enough people even hear about an alternative idea or candidate that they don't deem in their interest?) If you're American you get to choose between two millionaires (or sometimes billionaires) with virtually identical economic politics chosen in advanced for you who can safely ignore you once they get elected. "Democracy."
- datadata 4y agoThis is not naivety, it is just stating what the ideal is.
- kqr 4y agoTruly democratic governments would represent the will of the people. Representative democracy, on the other hand, often ends up being an elective aristocracy -- just like you say. Once we elect a small set of people to make decisions for us, a political class tends to emerge (those with resources and time to spend their days wooing people) and it is their will who is represented by government. The people simply select the least worst of those options.
- piva00 4y agoAmerican-centrism is also bound to be a naive and indoctrinate way to be cynical... American democracy is a shitshow, not every democracy.
- guerrilla 4y agoEurope's no different, just more expensive to lobby. We have the exact same media structure. America's just a joke and seemingly filled with the most fanatic people of the idea I was responding to, which is why I used it as an example.